High-efficiency simple planar heterojunction organic thin-film photovoltaics with horizontally oriented amorphous donors

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 98, Issue , 2012, Pages 472-475

  Yokoyama, Daisuke ^a   Wang, Zhong Qiang ^a   Pu, Yong Jin ^a   Kobayashi, Kenta ^a   Kido, Junji ^a   Hong, Ziruo ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous donor; Horizontal molecular orientation; Optical anisotropy; Organic thin film photovoltaics; Planar heterojunction

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ACTIVE MATERIAL; ANISOTROPIC PROPERTY; EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; MOLECULAR SHAPES; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC THIN FILMS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; ANISOTROPY; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84855304312     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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